Sea Dogs take exhibition tilt; 4-3 over Montgomery

(Ft. Myers, FL) – Ronald Bermudez drove in the winning run with a fielder’s choice in the eighth inning, snapping a 3-3 tie, and giving the Portland Sea Dogs a 4-3 win over the Montgomery Biscuits (Tampa Rays affiliate) on Tuesday afternoon at Boston’s minor league complex.  Former Sea Dog Tommy Hottovy was dominant in two innings of work, yielding two baserunners (walk and single) and fanning four (all looking). Dennis Neuman earned the win, pitching two frames on one hit, one run, one walk and one strikeout.  South African native Justin Erasmus notched the save with a scoreless ninth.

Below is a summary of today’s Portland lineup

Position Players

Che-Hsuan Lin CF   (1-for-2, RBI and stolen base)
Bermudez CF (0-for-2, GWRBI)

Oscar Tejeda 2B (0-for-4, 2 SO)

Will Middlebrooks 3B (0-for-2, 2 SO)
Ryan Dent  SS  (1-for-2, 1B)

Ryan Lavarnway C/DH (0-for-2, BB)

Tim Federowicz DH/C (0-for-3, 2 SO)

Chih-Hsien Chiang Extra Hitter (1-for-1, 1B, 2 BB, RS)

Vlad Frias SS/3B  (2-for-3, 2B, 1B, run scored)

Jason Place LF/CF (0-for-3, RBI ground out)

Mitch Dening RF (1-for-3, 1B, RS, nice diving catch)

Moko Moanaroa 1B (2-for-3, RBI, 2B, 1B)

Pitchers

Hottovy (2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, BB, 4 SO)

Tommy Hottovy (in the background #47) going over mechanics with Sea Dogs' pitching coach Bob Kipper

Charlis Burdie (2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO)

Will Latimer (2 IP, 0 H, 2 R, ER, 3 BB, 3 SO)

Neuman (2 IP, H, 1 R, 1 ER, BB, SO)

Erasmus (IP, 0 R)

*Updated News…WEEI.com is reporting that the Red Sox have denied the trade of Daniel Turpen to Colorado…I’ll have a feature on Tommy Hottovy within the next couple of days…Portland plays Bowie on Wednesday, New Britain on Thursday and Friday to close out their exhibition schedule.